The new Micropilot family comprises a total of seven device types – from the standard product for basic applications through to high-performance versions for sophisticated high-pressure or high-temperature applications.

Endress+Hauser as full-range supplier supports you with innovative field instrument solutions. With more than one million installed instruments of the Time-of-Flight method, we offer you the know-how as world market leader. Our instruments create new standards so that you can concentrate completely on your processes and requirements.

The new instrument generation provides safety, precision and efficiency across the entire life cycle for you. This will seamlessly optimize your production and safety processes during the full life cycle of your plant.

Functional safety

The hardware and software of the new generation of Time-of-Flight instrumentation is developed according to- IEC61508 and can be used up to SIL3 in homogeneous redundancy. Using continuous self-monitoring, Micropilot always checks its correct functionality within the measuring instrument. If a failure occurs, the instrument changes to its safety status. The proof test can easily be started by an optional operating tool or directly from the control room. The communication in between the setup tooling via DTM and the device is permanently monitored.

HistoROM data management concept

The innovative and intelligent HistoROM data management concept stores the parameters of an instrument during commissioning. If similar measuring points are commissioned, the display serves as a data carrier like a USB stick.

Multi-Echo Tracking analysis of echo signals

Endress+Hauser has developed an even more intelligent and reliable echo signal evaluation by the echo signal curve – Multi-Echo Tracking. If obstacles, e.g. heating coils, protrude into the signal path these interfering signals must be suppressed, so that they are not analyzed. The problem of the traditional evaluation is that level signals below the suppression cannot be analyzed and thus can cause signal losses. Innovative Multi-Echo Tracking offers the solution. All of the echo signals are marked and traced, not only the level signal. This guarantees safe and precise measurement!

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The use of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) as a cheaper and less polluting alternative to diesel for generators providing the power to remote sites is becoming increasingly widespread. With many thousands of sites throughout the world, oil and gas drilling industry companies are among the operators who have introduced the technique, which involves the use of specialised trailer-based plant to deliver, store and process the gas prior to combustion.

LNG is transported to site in specially designed tankers which also store the liquid gas at the cryogenic temperature of -162º Celsius. A separate trailer, housing the re-gasification system, normally sits between the tanker and the generator. The main component of the re-gasification system is the vaporiser, which converts the LNG from liquid to gas and feeds it to the point of use. This system, together with auxiliary processes including pressure building in the tanker to improve flow, utilises scores of valves which are typically small, cryogenic and tightly arranged within a compact installation.

Those valves that are automated therefore require a particularly compact and fast acting actuator, capable of providing powerful rotary or linear drive, for isolating and modulating duties in a hazardous environment. This is a scenario that is proving to be ideal for the Rotork Schischek range of electric actuators, due to their small size, flexible power supply range, failsafe capabilities and explosionproof approvals. An increasing number of ExMax (quarter-turn) and ExRun (linear) actuators are being supplied to OEMs and fabricators in these areas and in other process applications handling LNG in cryogenic environments.

The Schischek self-adaptive universal power supply has a range of 24 to 230V, ac or dc. Explosionproof certification for Schischek actuators encompasses UL, CSA, ATEX, IECEx, GOST/RTN, INMETRO and KOSHA international standards, with safety integrity levels up to SIL3 also available with failsafe products.

Valve stroke times are suitable for fast operation and selectable at speeds between one and 120 seconds, depending on actuator model. All models are fitted as standard with internal heaters enabling cryogenic operation at ambient temperatures down to -40C Celsius.

Palmer Wahl Instrumentation Group announces the addition of 316 Stainless Steel case, fitting, and stem options on its popular line of All-Star BiMetal thermometers. Now available on Palmer All-Star series BiMetal thermometers, 316 hermetically sealed case, fitting, and stem options are designed with deepwater drilling and off-shore oil rigs in mind. Models that include the 316SS case, fitting, and stem option are IP67 rated - dust tight and water tight up to 1 meter. Fahrenheit ranges from -100°F up to 1000°F and Celsius ranges from -50°C up to 500°C are available, with over-range protection of up to 50% of range and accuracy within 1% of full scale. Available with All Angle, Fixed Back Connected and Adjustable All Angle or Fixed Back connections have 7/8" Hex with 1/2" NPT Thread standard fitting. Optional adjustable union fitting adjusts the stem to the full depth of your thermowell for metal to metal contact and maximum exposure to your process for superior heat transfer, eliminating the need to stock several different stem lengths. Lens is instrument quality glass, with plexiglass or shatter proof safety glass optionally available.

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The new EP1816-3008 EtherCAT Box from Beckhoff has two integrated 3-axis acceleration sensors and 16 digital inputs. The easy-to-install I/O module for harsh environments can be used to implement cost-effective vibration and shock/oscillation monitoring directly in the field. The machine-mountable device also enables tilt monitoring in longitudinal and transverse direction.

The IP 67-rated EP1816-3008 EtherCAT Box features two integrated 3-axis, 16-bit acceleration sensors with resolution options of ±2 g, ±4 g, ±8 g and ±16 g. The sampling frequency is 1 Hz to 5 kHz. These so-called MEMS (micro-electronic mechanical systems) are based on forked silicon structures, which have movements or vibrations that result in a capacitive change and a corresponding signal value.

The compact and robust EtherCAT Box supports acceleration and angle measurement directly in the field. In addition, the signals are directly available in the control system. Compared with the conventional combination of sensor and separate data sampling, this solution is more cost-effective and easier to install and integrate. Furthermore, it offers another advantage: two sensors, which are arranged at 90° angles, make the EP1816-3008 a redundant measuring system, and in addition, the results can be reliably verified by the controller.

A typical application for the 3-axis acceleration box is vibration and shock/oscillation monitoring of machines and buildings. For example, vibrations of robot arms can be monitored exactly and with no great effort via the measured accelerations. For wood sawing machines, an EP1816-3008 mounted on the work table enables reliable monitoring of the saw-blade angle adjustment through fast signal acquisition.